Grade
3

Same & Different: Mitten Multiplication

Look at the two pictures. What do you notice?

A: Pairs of mittens lined up in 6 columns and 5 rows. Each row shows 6 different mitten pairs. Each column shows the same mitten pairs. B: Pairs of mittens lined up in 6 columns and 4 rows. Each row shows 6 different mitten pairs. Each column shows the same mitten pairs.
  1.  How are pictures A and B mathematically the same, and how are they different?
    • A and B are the same because…
    • A and B are different because…
  2. Make a third set of mittens. Explain how your picture is the same as pictures A and B, and how it is different.
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